Congress Overrides Second Farm Bill VetoPublished on 06/19/2008WASHINGTON - Wednesday afternoon, Congress voted to override President Bush’s second veto of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act with a bipartisan vote of 317-109 in the House of Representatives and 80-14 in the Senate. Last month, Congress approved the conference report for the Food, Conservation and Energy Act (H.R. 2419). When sent to the White House, one of the bill’s 15 titles was inadvertently left out of the official copy of the bill vetoed by the president. Congress overrode the veto of H.R. 2419, which enacted 14 of the bill’s 15 titles into law. Wednesday’s vote ensured that all parts of the Farm Bill are enacted into law, as the second version of the bill (H.R. 6124) included all 15 titles. “Considering the serious concerns about rising food prices and severe flooding affecting crops in the Midwest, this Farm Bill provides a critical safety net for families and farmers,” said House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson, D-Minn. Read more about the new Farm Bill and what it means for farmers in the July 17 issue of Buckeye Farm News. | |